Flushing device for sinks, &amp;c.



.No. 895,955. P TEN EDAU- 11,1908.

, E. J. BROWN.

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APPLICATION FILED MARpfl, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1907.

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EDWARD J. BROWN, OF CLEVELAND,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OHIO, ASSI OF ONE-HALF TO FRIEDERICH .T. LANGER GNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, AND ONE-HALF TO RICHARD B.

MOSER, BOTH FLUSHIN G DEVICE FOR SINKS, 85b.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and.

useful Improvements in Flushing Devices for Sinks, ing is a full, clear, and exact description of 'the invention, Which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to flushing devices for sinks and lavatory Waste connections,

and the invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In general, the object of the invention is to direct a continuous stream of water under pressure to and through the waste connections of sinks, closets, basins and the like, to the end that accumulations in the pi es fand n rtherance of this end, the device is constructed to hold caustic soda, soluble sulfates or other chemicals in the line of water pressure to promote disintegration and dissolution of the accumulations. The device is also particularly constructed to have a more or less universal application to varying styles of fixtures and to fit different sizes and shapes of Waste openings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view centrally of the device and of a lavatory basin, and shows the working relation of the device to the waste opening. Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are sectional views in perspective of the lower device parts and represent the main receptacle, the middle flexible ring, the nozzle member, and the nozzle ring, respectively. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a closet bowl and of the device as applied thereto. Fig. 7 is a sectional'view of a sink with a part of the device mounted over a fairly large waste opening therein. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of the device in two parts showing the cover removed and above the main body for the introduction of chemicals or disinfectants.

The device consists of a number of separable arts which combine to make a unitary and ivisible apparatus applicable to varying needs and conditions wherever waste Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1907. Serial No. 360,929.

0., and do declare that the follow-' Patented Aug. 11, 1908.'

connections are found. the device is a handle 2 having a vertical water passage 3 at one side terminating at its u per end in a laterally inclined elbow -4- t eadedinternally to receive a hose connection 5-, and having an extension 6- at its bottom adapted to screw into a threaded opening 7 located at one side Thus, at the top of of the center of hollow cap or cover 8 re- 7 movably mounted upon main body 12. Cover 8 is circular in outline and handle 2 is centrally disposed above the same and in respect to the device as a whole so that whatever pressure brought to bear thereon by hand is uniformly distributed to make efiective sealing wherever the device may be applied. A curved leg 9 forms part of handle 2 and bears upon cover diametrically opposite tubular portion 6 and thereby relieves the strain upon the threaded connection betweenthe handle and said cover, as well as distributin the pressure equally to opposite sides of the cover.

A flanged seat 10 at the bottom ed e of the cover 8 is adapted to hold a ru ber or other suitable gasket 1 1 which serves the primary purpose of a seal between the cover and main body -12. In reality, said body is a mixing rece tacle for the fluid and for the chemicals whicli are placed therein and for which latter pur ose said cover 8 is made removable. ut cover 8 and its parts have a further utility in that they may be used in their entirety as a divisible part of the device to meet certain con-v ditions such as found in sinks having large waste openings. Thus, in Fig. 7 a sink A is shown having lar e waste opening therein leading to sewer an trap connection a, and cover 8 is mounted over the Waste opening with gasket 1 1 acting as a seal between the cover and bottom a, of the-sink. Hose connection 5 is shown in this view as attached to faucet a on the Water pressure line, and Whatever chemicals are used may be laced Within hollow cover 8 before app ying the cover to the Waste opening.

ow returning ,to the device as a whole, the upper edge of body tend slightly into cover 8 and has an a flat bottom -a with a 12 is seen to ex-v outer annular flange -14- against which gasket 11 is adapted to bear. Bodyl 12 tapers to a smaller diameter at 1ts bottom end and has an open bottom 15 through which tubular extension 16 of nozzle member 17 is adapted to project and make a fairly close fit. An outer flange or seat 18 is cast upon nozzle member 17- and a flat flexible ring 1 9 of rubber or felt is mounted between the bottom edge of body 12 and saidflange to sealthe joint between the parts and to act in a further capacity as a sealing head for the device when used to close waste o enings in closet bowls and as illustrated in Fig. 6 where the bowl is represented by B- and waste outlet by b--.. Ring 19 must be of fairly large diameter to meet conditions like this, and must moreover, extend outward all around the device so that a certain amount of flexibility may be obtained to crowd it in place as shown. A great measure of adaptability to varying sha es and sizes of bowl 0 enings is obtainable by a sealing ring thus p aced and provided, and different sizes and shapes of rings may be used because it is removably mounted upon 12.

Nozzle member 17. is of a reduced diameter as compared to body 12 to give room for change of position of the device 111 crowded laces and has a erforated or grid-like en -20 through which the water has final discharge. A rubber ring 21 is seated in a groove 22 at the outer or bottom extremity of nozzle member 17 and encircles the water outlets and has a depth relatively much greater than its thickness, say about three to one, so that it may be readily compressed and fit irregular surfaces, and said rin provides a small sealin head or member w ich is especially ada te for use with basin or bath wastes, and w ich when it is applied rests as shown in Fig. 1 where the basin is represented by O and its waste and trap connection by c. Hose 5 is also herein shown as connected to a faucet c of the water supply.

Now having described the main elements of the device and their advantages in use, it will be noted finally that the nozzle member 17, ring 19, receptacle body 1 2, gasket -11 and cover -8 are separably united by means of a central tie rod -23 having a head -24 seated within grid end -20. Rod 23 extends upward through the device and through a central opening 27 in cover 8 where it is engaged by a thumbscrew 25 adapted to seat upon the cover and draw and hold said parts together. A small plug or screw '26- (see Fig. 7) may be used to close opening 27 if rod 23 is removed.

A swirling action of thewater in passing throu h the device is obtained by reason of the 0 center intake passage 6 and the centrally arranged outlet at the bottom of the device, and mixing of the water and chemicals is further induced by having nozzle extension 16 act as a check to immediate outflow.

What I claim, is

1. A flushing device adapted to direct a stream of liquid through waste connections and having a plurality of sealing members of varying sizes se arated one from the other and ada ted to t different sized waste openings, an means to secure each of said members in place thereon apart from the other members.

2. A flushing device adapted to be applied to waste 0 enings comprising a rece tacle having inta e and outlet openings and provided with a sealing member projecting axially at its bottom and a sealing ring projecting laterally at its sides, and means to removably secure said ring in place.

3. A flushing device comprised ofa number of separable parts combining to make a unitary and divisible apparatus adapted to direct liquid under ressure through waste connections and having a lurality of sealing membersapplicable to di erent waste openings and comprising a sink sealing member removably su ported at the top of said device, a lateral y projecting closet sealing ring supported upon the sides of the device, and a downwardly projecting sealing member of lesser diameter than said other members at the bottom of said device.

4. A flushing device embodying a water receptacle having a removable cover and-gasket therefor, in combination with a nozzle outlet at the bottom of said receptacle having a sealing ring projecting downwardly therefrom, and a central tieirod detachably connecting said parts.

5. In flushing devices for wasteconnections a hollow body having a cover with an off-center intake, combined with a remov' able nozzle member at the bottom of said body and a sealing member supported thereby, and means to secure said parts together.

6. In flushing devices for waste connections,a rece tacle having liquid intake con' nections an a removable outlet nozzle, a removable laterally projecting sealing member between'said nozzle and receptacle, and a sealing ring at the bottom end of said nozzle.

7. A separable device adaptedito flush and said nozzle member having projecting therefrom at both tom.

9. Atransportable device adapted to direct a stream of liquid through waste connections and provided with three separated sealing members mounted singly thereon and being of varying sizes and forms to fit varying sized waste openings.

10. A flushing device having a sealing member adapted to close waste openings and said device constructed with a separable body adapted to secure said sealing member in place, and a central tie rod separably uniting said body parts.

11. A flushing device comprising a main receptacle having a tubular portion extending into said receptacle at its bottom apart from the main walls, and a sealing member mounted at the bottom of said tubular portion.

'12. A transportable device adapted to direct a stream of liquid through waste connections and provided with separate sealing members mounted apart from each other at different elevations thereon, said sealing members being of varying sizes and shapes 'to fit singly over diiferent kinds of waste openlugs.

13. A transportable device adapted to disealing rings sides and botrect a stream of liquid throu h waste connections and having three sea ing members of difierent shapes separately secured upon said device apart from each other and one above the other and each adapted to fit a different sized waste opening.

14. In a flushing device, a receptacle having a water intake, a removable nozzle member for said receptacle having an annular extension projecting into said receptacle apart from the walls thereof and forming a channel therein, and a sealing ring at the bottom of said nozzle member.

15. A flushing member having an open bottom and a sealing ring about the same, in combination with a handle removably secured upon said member at one side of its axial center and having therethrough and a transverse hand grip at its top on the axial center of said member and a side portion adapted to bear down upon said member to relieve the side strain upon the handle connections.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD J. BROWN.

' Witnesses:

E. M. FISHER, F. O. MUssUN.

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